WONDERBLOCK
New creators and public space section
Artistic residency 24.07 – 30.07
Maria Arkouli & Roula Samiotaki (Greece)
30.07 | 19:30 | Gerasimou – Dedalou – G. Vlachou Streets, Splantzia area
Free entrance
A few words about “New Creators and Public Space” section
Dance Days Chania for the 7th consecutive year, supports as a producer the creation of site specific works in progress, aiming to provide space and residency for the development and presentation of projects exclusively by emerging and creators from Greece. At the same time, it offers the public the opportunity to follow the creative process in all its stages.
In the square of an old neighborhood live some strange creatures who love plastic chairs, their bench, who sing, play basketball, paint the walls, keep households, cook smells that make your mouth water and hang out laundry that carries their secrets.
Wonderblock lives in a neighborhood that feels old or from another era. It draws inspiration from the pictures, the community, the ways, the stories of everyday life and urban living, and finds stimuli that empower and transform us. Can we invent new models and powers that come from communities? How can we connect to our roots to grow the branches we need today?
Wonderblock is a dive into our collective experience in the public space we call ‘neighborhood’, the fears, the hopes, the superpowers of unseen people, the power of women, the sounds and the creatures we love, our childhood. Familiar figures, landmarks, habits, movement, sound and speech compose a nostalgic and unruly world between surrealism and reality. There, behind Splantzia Square and Minoos Street, at the opening between Gerasimou – Dedalou – G. Vlachou Streets.
Choreography & performance: Maria Arkouli, Roula Samiotaki
Audio file: Nadia Efstathiadou
Poster: Nikolas Leventakis
Photo: Miri
Production: Dance Days Chania
The “New creators and public space” section for 2025 is financially supported by the J. F. Costopoulos Foundation.
New creators and public space section
30 July | 19:30 | Gerasimou – Dedalou – G. Vlachou Streets, Splantzia area
Maria Arkouli & Roula Samiotaki – WONDERBLOCK